The salaries of Felix Hernandez (left) and Robinson Cano make up more than 50 percent of the Seattle Mariners 2014 payroll. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Now, it’s the Seattle Mariners’ turn.

The study, conducted by Sporting Intelligence and ESPN the Magazine ranked teams by how much money they spend on average on their players, including salaries, bonuses, etc. Unlike the NFL, where the league salary cap — and floor — ensures that teams spend a certain range of their assets on players, the MLB is pure capitalism at its finest — or perhaps at its worst, depending on who you root for.

MLB franchises are free to pay players as much as they like, with the result that the league’s most popular teams — and consequently those with the most revenue — can simply outspend the other clubs in the league. The highest-paying NFL team in 2013 spent roughly twice what the cheapest franchise did per player, but the team with the biggest wallet in baseball spent over five times as much as the league’s most thrifty club in 2014.

MLB’s luxury tax does discourage teams from spending beyond a certain limit ($189 million in 2014), but some teams — perhaps one team fond of pinstripes in particular — can afford to simply ignore the penalties incurred year after year. Local cable television deals — which have pumped cash into many smaller-market teams in recent years — could help level the playing field, but for now baseball operates with the haves and the have-nots.

So where do the M’s rank among the league’s franchises in per-player spending? Click through the gallery to find out, and be sure to weigh in on which system you like better — MLB or NFL — in the comments section below.